ຕາ

Lao

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taː˩˨/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *p.taːᴬ (“eye”). Cognate with Thai ตา (dtaa), Northern Thai ᨲᩣ, Lü ᦎᦱ (ṫaa), Tai Dam ꪔꪱ, Shan တႃ (tǎa), Aiton တႃ (tā), Ahom 𑜄𑜠 (ta) or 𑜄𑜡 (tā), Bouyei dal, Zhuang da. Compare Old Chinese 睹 (OC *taːʔ, “to see”).

Noun

ຕາ • (tā)

1. eye

Derived terms

• ຕາເວັນ (tā wen, “sun”)
• ຕາແດງ (tā dǣng, “pinkeye, pink-eye; conjunctivitis”)
• ພັບຕາ (phap tā, “to blink”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *taːᴬ (“maternal grandfather”). Cognate with Thai ตา (dtaa), Lü ᦎᦱ (ṫaa), Shan တႃ (tǎa), Bouyei dal, Zhuang da.

Noun

ຕາ • (tā)

1. maternal grandfather

Etymology 3

From Thai ตรา (dtraa).

Noun

ຕາ • (tā)

1. seal; stamp; crest; brand

Verb

ຕາ • (tā) (abstract noun ການຕາ)

1. to mark
2. to apply a seal

Derived terms

• ເງິນຕາ (ngœn tā)

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Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• tā (Latin script)
• 𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ता (Devanagari script)
• তা (Bengali script)
• තා (Sinhalese script)
• တာ or တႃ (Burmese script)
• ตา (Thai script)
• ᨲᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• តា (Khmer script)
• 𑄖𑄂 (Chakma script)

Adjective

ຕາ (tā)

1. (demonstrative) Lao script form of tā, which is nominative/accusative plural feminine of ຕ (ta, “those”)
2. (demonstrative) Lao script form of tā, which is nominative/accusative plural feminine of ຕະ (ta, “those”)

Pronoun

ຕາ (tā)

1. (demonstrative) Lao script form of tā, which is nominative/accusative plural feminine of ຕ (ta, “they, them”)
2. (demonstrative) Lao script form of tā, which is nominative/accusative plural feminine of ຕະ (ta, “they, them”)